Unpacking ALS 199 Syllabus

How to best use your syllabiWhat is a syllabus?Contract between you and your instructor

Organized layout of the entire term

Key reference point throughout the term- when in doubt, check your syllabus first!

Important components to look for: DUE DATES When are quizzes, tests, essays, drafts, and other assignments due?

Instructor Contact Info: How can you get in touch with them? Do they have a preference for how you contact them?

Office Hours: When and where are these held? Do you have other classes during them? If so, are there other ways to meet with the instructor?

Required Materials: May include books, supplies, clickers, website access codes, etc.

Important Components ContinuedCourse Evaluation and Grading Scales: How will I be graded? How many points is each assignment worth? How many points do I need to get an A, a B, a C

Scoring Rubrics: How will assignments, essays, etc. be graded

Learner Expectations/ Class rules: expectations in regards to attendance, late assignments, behavior in class, etc.

Breakdown of Assignments: Detailed explanation of what is required

Additional Components to look forCourse-Specific Learning Outcomes

Disability Statement: includes how to contact instructor about accommodations

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Course Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites

5The OSU Baccalaureate CoreGoals & Values: While courses in the major provide expertise in a specific field of study, courses in the Bacc Core offer students a broad sense of what it means to be an educated person and to be well equipped for the challenges of the workplace, citizenship, and constructing a life with meaning (http://oregonstate.edu/main/baccalaureate-core)

Additional Syllabi Components for Bacc Core CoursesBacc core status of courseIdentify the bacc core categories the course fulfillsSkills: Writing 1, Writing 2, Speech, Mathematics, FitnessPerspectives: Biological & Physical Sciences, Cultural Diversity, Literature & the Arts, Social Processes & Institutions, Western CultureSynthesis: Contemporary Global Issues, Science Technology & SocietyDifference, Power, & DiscriminationWriting Intensive CoursesIdentify learning outcomes fulfilled for each Bacc core category

What if I dont find these things?Talk with your professor

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Follow up with syllabus breakdown activity and, if theres time, the Term-at-a-glance exercise. These activities will give students an opportunity to break down their own class syllabus and plan out their term8